liczba

== Old Polish == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ličьba. By surface analysis, liczyć +‎ -ba. First attested in the 14th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /lʲid͡ʒʲba/ IPA(key): (15th CE) /lʲid͡ʒʲba/ === Noun === liczba f (attested in Greater Poland) amount (attested in Greater Poland) dimension or measurement in numbers upper limit (specified upper limit of quantity, limit of quantity) bunch, group, band account, reckoning report on expenses, obligations, or deeds expense list (attested in Greater Poland) account, good; debt ratio (attested in Greater Poland, Masovia) method of calculating value, payment value, calculation value list, index The meaning of this term is uncertain. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Polish: liczba Silesian: liczba === References === Boryś, Wiesław (2005), “liczba”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN Sławski, Franciszek (1958-1965), “liczba”, in Jan Safarewicz, Andrzej Siudut, editors, Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), Kraków: Towarzystwo Miłośników Języka Polskiego Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “liczba”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish) B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “liczba”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN == Polish == === Alternative forms === lidzba (Middle Polish) licba (Kielce) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish liczba. By surface analysis, liczyć +‎ -ba. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -id͡ʐba Syllabification: licz‧ba === Noun === liczba f number (mathematical concept used for describing amounts with the help of digits or symbols) Synonym: (proscribed) ilość (obsolete) number (digit itself) Synonyms: cyfra, numer number (result of counting) Synonyms: (proscribed) ilość, liczebność, liczność (grammar) number (of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection) group, collection Synonym: zbiór (obsolete) account, reckoning Synonym: rachunek (Middle Polish) number; order, sequence, succession (Middle Polish, mathematics) arithmetic; mathematics Synonyms: arytmetyka, matematyka (Middle Polish) ability or manner to count (Middle Polish) list, register, index Synonyms: rejestr, spis (Middle Polish) hallmark (badge used to indicate belonging to someone or something) ==== Usage notes ==== Formally, liczba is prescribed for measuring countable nouns and ilość is prescribed for uncountable nouns, however people often use ilość for all nouns. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Trivia === According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), liczba is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 135 times in scientific texts, 47 times in news, 61 times in essays, 5 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 249 times, making it the 211th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words. === References === === Further reading === “liczba”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[7] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “liczba”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[8] (in Polish) Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “liczba”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish] “LICZBA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 11.06.2019 Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “liczba”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “liczba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “liczba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 737 == Silesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Polish liczba. By surface analysis, liczyć +‎ -ba. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlid͡ʐ.ba/ Rhymes: -id͡ʐba Syllabification: licz‧ba === Noun === liczba f number === Further reading === liczba in silling.org